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Idioms and Phrases

Also, hinge upon . Depend or be contingent on, as in This plan hinges on her approval . This expression employs the verb hinge in the sense of “to hang,” as a door would hang on a hinge, a usage dating from the early 1700s.
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Analysts stated that the greenback’s performance hinges on the outcome of the U.S.-China standoff, which hasn’t seen much progress in recent weeks.

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Much will then hinge on what Cleveland and the New York Giants do with the second and third picks, respectively.

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The city still has further to go, she said, because public safety ultimately hinges on whether people feel secure where they live.

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Part of the bid for parole hinges on a risk assessment that evaluates whether the brothers are still seen as threats to society.

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The success of this tournament, which has barely registered on the global football consciousness so far, largely hinges on clubs such as Chelsea, Manchester City, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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